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Clarksville, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32256. It lies near Ragged Island. The Survey maps it on the Durbin quadrangle.

Clarksville within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clarksville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Clarksville, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

227 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Clarksville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,724 acres in total. 122 started naturally. 22 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural122
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCORKLAN DRIVE (16)
24 September 2010Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Service16-BARN HILL FIRE-2010-07-0492
14 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service210
13 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service16 GATOR 2007-07-0533
13 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16 LIGHTING II FIRE 07-0532
1 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1998Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Clarksville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Northeast Florida Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965

Every working recorded in Duval County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bayard2.2 miles22
Greenland4.8 miles22
Loretto6.4 miles22
Stockade7.0 miles22
Sunbeam7.7 miles22
Tolomato (historical)7.8 miles20
Deerwood Club8.3 miles22
East Mandarin8.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301063. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.